Improper Certificate Validation Affecting dovecot package, versions <2.3.4.1-r0
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- published6 Dec 2024
- disclosed27 Mar 2019
Introduced: 27 Mar 2019
CVE-2019-3814 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.21 dovecot to version 2.3.4.1-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dovecot package and not the dovecot package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.
It was discovered that Dovecot before versions 2.2.36.1 and 2.3.4.1 incorrectly handled client certificates. A remote attacker in possession of a valid certificate with an empty username field could possibly use this issue to impersonate other users.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-3814
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-3814
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFZ5OWRIZGIWZJ5PTNVWWZNLLNH4XYS/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4XLI55NGRDTGMVOPYFCPPFNPA5VKYSSY/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-19
- https://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2019-February/114575.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00067.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3467
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3814
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-3814
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4XLI55NGRDTGMVOPYFCPPFNPA5VKYSSY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFZ5OWRIZGIWZJ5PTNVWWZNLLNH4XYS/